The victims, a 29-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, told authorities that their car had been stolen at gunpoint at Creekside Apartments off Greensboro Avenue around 3 p.m. Thursday, said Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit commander Capt. Loyd Baker.

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office received a call about the victims from Bibb County at 3:45 p.m. The man and woman told investigators that they were getting into their car at the apartments when a man with a gun came up and told them to get in and drive, Baker said.

The suspect took them to Bibb County, where he demanded money from the man. When the man said he did not have any cash, the suspect pistol-whipped him, causing cuts on the victim, Baker said.

The suspect fled in the vehicle after the woman got away and he pushed the man out of the car off a dirt road off Highway 82 about two miles into Bibb County, Baker said.

Yates was identified as the suspect. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office searched the area but was unable to locate him.

Yates was arrested by Tuscaloosa police this morning in West End, Baker said. His bond was set at $180,000.